1.--The Expedition coach from Norwich to London, carrying only four
insides, with car added to carry six insides, started running on this
date from the White Swan, Norwich. Fares, four insides, 18s. each; the
car, six insides, 14s. each; outsides, 10s. 6d. each. The proprietors
were Thomas Bryant and John Eames and Co.
2.--Thiodon's "mechanical and picturesque theatre of arts" (automata) was
opened at Norwich Theatre.
4.--Married at Gissing, W. Newby, of Burston, to Susanna Fleet, of the
former place, widow. "Their united ages amounted to upwards of 140
years. Nearly 40 years ago she married John Fleet, her first husband,
who, after living with her several years, set out on his travels and
visited the most distant parts of the world. The only report that ever
reached her was the news of his death, when, having given what she
considered a decent time to his memory and his loss, she again entered
into the state of matrimony. After living several years with her second
husband the first returned and claimed her, and his death which lately
happened gave her the second opportunity of being legally united to the
man of her heart, which actually took place, and she was a second time
married to the same person."
5.--At a meeting of the Navigation Committee, held at the Guildhall,
Norwich, a letter was received from the Mayor of Yarmouth, in which he
expressed the fear that the projected scheme for widening and deepening
the Norwich river would prove injurious to Yarmouth harbour. It was
pointed out that there was an alternative plan of making a cut about a
mile lone: across Thurlton marshes to join the Waveney about a mile below
St. Olave's Bridge, and thence proceeding to Oulton and Lothing Broads
and entering the sea at Lowestoft. The meeting considered the
alternative scheme the more eligible one, and Mr. Cubitt, engineer, was
ordered to make a survey and prepare an estimate of the expense.
9.--At Holkham eight guns killed 516 head of game in one day, namely,
eight partridges, 40 pheasants, 237 hares, 216 rabbits, 14 woodcock, and
one snipe. In seven days 2,574 head were killed.
18.--On the official account being received of the death of the Queen at
Kew Palace, the great bell of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, and the bells
of the other churches in the city were tolled for two hours. On Sunday,
the 22nd, the pulpits in the churches were draped with black, and on
December 2nd, the day of interment, the shops were closed, and the bells
tolled from six to eight o'clock in the evening. The Corporation
attended service at the Cathedral. At Yarmouth and Lynn the day was
observed in a similar manner. Addresses of condolence were afterwards
passed by each Corporation.
20.--Mr. William Bell, of Norwich, while shooting with a party at
Sprowston, "killed at one shot five and a half brace of that rare bird
called the golden plover, a shot not to be paralleled in the annals of
sporting notoriety."